"Enamorado Por Primera Vez" | ||||
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Single by Enrique Iglesias | ||||
from the album Vivir | ||||
Released | 18 January 1997 | |||
Studio | Cinearte, Madrid, Spain Nadir, Madrid, Spain Image Recording, Hollywood, California New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL Ocean Way, Hollywood, California Westlake, Hollywood, California[1] | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:28 | |||
Label | Fonovisa | |||
Songwriter(s) | Enrique Iglesias | |||
Producer(s) | Rafael Pérez-Botija | |||
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Enamorado Por Primera Vez" on YouTube |
"Enamorado Por Primera Vez" (English: "In Love For the First Time") is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his second studio album, Vivir (1997). The song was written by Iglesias and produced by Rafael Pérez-Botija. It was released as the lead single from the album on 18 January 1997. A pop power ballad which he wrote when he was 18, the song is about the singer feeling like he is falling in love for the first time again. The song received positive reactions from three music journalists, although one critic wrote an unfavorable review of it.
The song was a recipient of an ASCAP Latin Award in 1998. Commercially, it debuted on top of the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, spending 12 weeks on this position. The song also reached number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay and Regional Mexican Airplay genre charts. On the year-end charts, it ended at the fourth and second positions on the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts, respectively. The music video for "Enamorado Por Primera Vez" features Iglesias and a band performing the song and intersperses scenes with a woman in a bedroom.